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Education and Academics
The College of Pharmacy currently offers degree programs
at the undergraduate, graduate professional, and graduate
levels.
Doctor of Parmacy Programs:
Entry-Level PharmD Program:
Pharmacists place an emphasis on medication therapy
management, a patient-focused orientation to pharmacy practice,
which entails a shared responsibility between the patient,
pharmacist, and other health care professionals toward achieving
positive therapeutic outcomes. The entry-level PharmD program
prepares students for licensure as a pharmacist and prepares them
to embrace this mission of a patient-focused orientation. The
program consists of four years of study. Three years of didactic
course work cover principles of pharmaceutical, administrative,
and clinical sciences, with some pharmacy practice experiences
included in the first and third years. The fourth year is devoted
to full-time professional experience. New interprofessional
combined degree programs were established in 2004. These are
the PharmD/Master in Business Administration (PharmD/MBA)
and the PharmD/Master in Public Health (PharmD/MPH).
Two hundred and eight professional pharmacy students, our
fourth and fifth entry-level PharmD classes, received their Doctor
of Pharmacy degrees at two commencements, June 2005 and
June 2006. Of this number 35 graduated cum laude, 25 magna
cum laude, and 4 summa cum laude. Following graduation,
100% of our PharmD program graduates passed the pharmacy
licensure exam, NAPLEX, and 98% passed the MPJE on their
first attempt. Our students graduate from Ohio State prepared to
accept positions in hospitals, community/ambulatory pharmacies,
managed care and other interesting pharmacy professions. Many
elect to continue their studies through residencies and
fellowships (see Figure 1). Of those PharmD
graduates of the Class of 2005 who reported
starting salaries, 56% reported salaries higher
than $80,000 and 41% reported salaries
higher than $90,000.
We completed the “phase in” of our
PharmD program in Autumn 2005 and
currently have 442 Entry-Level PharmD
students and 91 Non-Traditional PharmD
students in the College.
PharmD1, PharmD2 and PharmD3
classes are enrolled in didactic courses and
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Figure 1. Positions accepted by the 2005
PharmD Graduates